BBC's weather service Twitter account hacked

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - The BBC on Thursday said its weather service Twitter account was hijacked by a group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. The account, @bbcweather, with 60,000 followers, posted unusual Twitter posts Thursday afternoon local time, including "a series of tweets about fake weather conditions in Middle Eastern countries," the BBC said. One said: "Chaotic weather forecast for Lebanon as the government decides to distance itself from the Milky Way." The hacking follows high-profile attacks on the Twitter accounts of Burger King and Jeep. Recently, Facebook
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and Apple Inc.
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also reported security breaches. Twitter celebrated its 7th anniversary on Thursday.

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